An Ode to the Wildlife of Murdoch University

What strange and wondrous beasts reside within the hallowed grounds of Murdoch University! I have been here yet a fortnight and still mine eyes and ears buzz with the sights and sounds of creatures unfamiliar to me. A bird, of colors blue, green and orange, perched upon a branch just yonder from my window...Ok I can only write like that for so long. Anyway, there are some crazy birds and animals here! Marsupials galore!

I'll go through a list.

Quenda: Huge rat! Alright, maybe there's a little bit more to it than that. It's also known as the Southern Brown Bandicoot, as in 'Crash Bandicoot', though they look nothing alike. I guess they're really only found in Southern Australia so it's pretty cool that they just run around in my backyard. Although they are slightly unnerving because it looks like somebody just took like an enlarger ray and blasted a regular sized rat and made it huge! Like the size of a rabbit.




Crow: I know what you're thinking. Crows? We have those in the U.S...nothing special. Oh but yes, there is something special. These crows decided not to go with your standard crow noise. You know what I'm talking about, like a 'Caw! Caw!' sort of thing. No, these crows decided to go with something far less sinister and far more annoying. They tend to make the noise of a dying or injured cat. More of a 'Meehehhhh!' sound. Plus, they sometimes undulate their voice, so it becomes this awful drawn out cat dying noise. Just awful. Oh wait, I think I have something that will demonstrate perfectly.




Tiny little black bird (Not the name I just couldn't find it in a list of Australian birds. Yeah, I'm cool, I look at Australian bird lists.): Not really much to say rather than they're very entertaining to watch. Every time they stand still for a little while they do this little thing where they shake their tail feather. Yes, just like the rap song. Anyway, I could watch these things for hours just jump around and then do their little dance.

Australia as a whole is like a crazy fauna haven. It's like the weirdest birds and animals came here and decided to set up camp. I mean marsupials? Whoever came up with that idea must've been on something. "Like they'll be mammals, right? But they don't have babies the regular way...no, no. They're gonna have their babies in a pouch. But it'll be totally groovy because they'll give people a reason to come gawk and take pictures in Australia. Sweeeeeet."